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The Starter Pack includes a rich spectrum of print and digital media

THE CURRICULUM THE CARD GAME POSTER SETSVIDEOS ACTION PACKS INTERVIEWS MUSIC + MUSICALONLINE HERO/INE PROFILES WEBSITES SOCIAL MEDIA

in up to 19 languages. It also connects to our full range of services: "live"webcasts, community, reality game, training etc.

All our media focus on real changemakers selected by unique factorsenabling maximum inspiration and potential for replication:

1 a highly successful implemented model solution, replicable by youth2 well visually documented on the internet3 accessible by email, skype, webcast, as speaker at school and events

There could be no better time to cultivate youth leadership among ourgeneration at school. There is great awareness of the need for societaltransformation, and stakeholders have understood which direction to take.Media and awards recognize young changemakers. Many schools haveadopted service- and global learning culture. Student clubs, volunteeringand We Days organized by Free The Children have become part of ourlifestyle, all over Canada, in Minnesota and Illinois.

There is also great need for offering- positive vision, tangible solutions and concrete support; especially forpeople-powered economy, healthy food abundance and community- directing the young generation's energies in sound directions- improving the suboptimal trend in gender relations

The Great Lakes Region unites many outstanding Youth LeadeRs, inter­national partner networks, millions of citizens, shared challenges andpotentials for turning crisis into chance.

This is the time for taking youth-led action to a new level, with

1 earlier involvement2 offering a full range of favorite causes for everybody3 making changemaker student clubs well visible at school4 integrating high end solutions in subjects and units5 scaling and replication of outstanding sustainability solutions6 adding dimensions of social entrepreneurship, ecosystem restoration, peacemaking, positive change media culture etc.7 making hero role models part of our daily lives!

HERE WE ARE!

Toronto, Chicago and Pennsylvania are home to eight very special Youth-LeadeRs, and several adult changemakers working with schools andcolleges for sustainability, and uplifting gender relations. They collaborateclosely with the thriving networks of student clubs, Free The Children andMe To We groups (We Day). There is much that we can do together!

On top, we have fantastic partners in the Great Rivers regions of NorthernIndia, Nepal and Pakistan, which offer multi-faceted insights into majorissues, sustainable development challenges and how people are solvingthem, driven by vision, passion and community.

Not only can we make a precious contribution, and see success unfold,which is a powerful experience, inspiring many youth to get involved onlocal issues also .... but we can also learn a lot from their stories, andindeed discover that there similar crisis issues exist in our own environment- and we can learn to tackle them like them - with vision, passion andcommunity! Together with leading partners on girl and women empowerment,ending bullying, harassment and violence in North America!

Our lead partner, the Begunahi Foundation is on a Speaking Tour atcolleges and schools throughout the region - this is a perfect time forpromoting this exceptionally rich program. And it's free!

WE ARE WELL KNOWN,in high demand as speakers, and have excellent relations with schools,youth organizations, civil partners, government and media. We have spokenat We Days, inter/national events, are used to meet with world leaders,and have received many honours.

WE KNOWhow to harness the super powers of student clubs to the fullest, since ourwildly successful ventures got inspired by grade 5 or 6 assignment. Ourinitiatives are good examples for social media work, kind advocacy, changinglegislation, involving the public, building intersectorial partnerships andhealing bridges across historic divides.

-- We are available as speakers at school, and via skype-- We offer opportunity for instant action and joining local chapters-- We can lead workshops and summer camps-- People call us hero/ines. We like to make THEM hero/ines!

LET US MAKE THE MOST OF THIS OPPORTUNITY!

We are more than 100 exceptional changemakers at Youth-LeadeR, but someof our most exciting and powerful youth-led solutions have been successfullypioneered around the Great Lakes Region!

See which young people are ready to speak at schools, lead workshops, sparklocal chapters and more. Here are flashlight impressions.

ROBYN HAMLYN, Kingstonconsults city councils on our looming water crisis and passing the 3-prongedBlue Communities Resolution: banning bottled water, keeping water public andmaking it a human right. In less than a year, she has convinced 27 cities toadopt the resolution in part or whole. Responding to demand, Robyn is developingmaterials for water units at school, and offering trainings, nationwide. Her ActionPack includes materials for creating Blue Communities, a cross-disciplinaryBlue School curriculum, and water related best practices, from wetlandsconservation to water crisis as an opportunity for peacemaking across borders.

CASSANDRA LIN, Westerlyrecycles used restaurant cooking oils to biofuel, donating profits to social causes- more than $120,000 to-date. Cassandra is a CNN Heroine, Brower YouthAward and President’s Environmental Youth Award laureate. Her Action Packempowers student clubs grade 5 and up to replicate the TGIF program, one ofthe most powerful and needed youth-led programs ever.

JULIA AND EMMA MOGUS, Torontoorganize enormous book drives for aboriginal children and schools, servingOntario's 49 NAN fly-in communities, partners in Africa, India and Indonesia.After raising 66,000 books in just 18 months, they have stepped up their effortsto building libraries, providing electronic equipment, eco-/literacy programs,exchanges and more. Youth know them from CMI, Canada AM, CBC, TVO Kids,the Shreddies Commercial, Eco-Mentor programs and We Day. Their YL ActionPack includes book drives (they average 1,000 books per school, equalling$10,000!), founding chapters, collaborative partnerships with aboriginal commu­nities of Northern Ontario, with Babar Ali, the youngest headmaster in the world(India) and more.

Gabri is from San Diego, but raising the flow of free fresh foods for the hungryby 10x is for everyone! On top, schools can evoke massive urban farming!

Robyn is the perfect example of youth super powers for solving the greatchallenges of our time. She is now training youth in Canada and worldaround.

Cassandra launched this as 5th grader, with a couple of hours per week, andcan be replicated in thousands of places. Cassandra is training kids to do it.

Neha is our bridge to underpriviledged children in India. She has raised $1.3million for abandoned children, provides education, development support etc.

Julia and Emma are our bridge to discovering and healing grave conditionsamong First Nations (up to 30% suicide rates at schools) through collaboration.

Rachel's commitment for healthy foods, and curbing epidemic food-productionrelated illnesses and environmental destruction are eye-openers for many.

Hassan brings lteracy trainings to distant villages. 100 days change girls' livesforever, as they are no more married away, can study by themselves and opneshops. Meeting them "live" on skype completely changes our worldview aboutyoung people, their peers and families in Pakistan's drone strike regions.

Starting at age 9 teaching friends too poor to afford school, Babar has taught1,000 students, some now teach at his school, and we can join and help!

Daniella organizes penpals, exchange, fundraisers, volunteer visits and deve­lopment cooperation with schools in India and Uganda.

Indira just received the World's Children's Prize for helping children of prisonersin rural Nepal. Shunned by their relatives, without support by the state, Indiracreates havens of safety, community, education, and sustainable development.We are honored to help with funds, and even volunteers. Are you joining?

Usha's team courageously puts their own lives at risk for saving girls. Theirdream is to build a safe haven and centre, and we can help. Extremely inspiring!

Usha's work makes bells ring about our own issues at home. Emily takes it on,helping us ditch our own inner bully, stupid ideas, and heal our schools.

You see, there is a rich scope of topics, regions, hero/ines and activities, withfavorite causes and optional activities for everyone - abroad and at home.

The materials include videos, poster sets for exhibits, teaching tools, actionpacks, opportunity for "live" meetings and instant actions. A book drive for Juliaand Emma's aborigional community partners easily generates 1,000 good booksper school, worth $10,000 dollars. Can you imagine this to happen at 10 schoolsand more? And the excitement, the rewarding experience of seeing the booksarirve, visual feedback from receiving groups, and meeting online, celebratingachievements, eager for "what's next?", with an abundance of opportunities?Our Starter Pack has 49 young changemakers and their youth-led solutions -guaranteeing inspiration that can spark a year-round stream of student-clubmanaged activities. Browse some impressions on the next pages.

Survival, and a good life, can be normal for kids, teens, twens and our streets.Interrupters reduce gang killings by 80%. We all should know how it works!

Holly helps us take it further, recognize and change broken mind- and feel-sets,behavior and open the way to uplifting gender relations. Besides survival.

CHALLENGES FACED BY

TEACHERS

Lack of media varietyLack of multi-lingual materialsLack of topic varietyLimited finance and timeLack of solutionsLack of role modelsLack of relevant action opportunityLack of empowerment for self-organizedfollow-up by inspired studentsLack of outside partnersLack of dialogue and feedbackLack of flexibility for tailored projectsLack of "live" interaction with heroesLack of interesting field partnersLack of girl and colored hero/inesLack of constant flow of opportunity

STUDENT CLUBS

Lack of visibility in classLack of visibility in public school spaceNarrow focus of topics and causesLimited exciting activitiesLack of relevance for subjectsLack of acknowledgement by teachersLack of acknowledgement by peersLow participation by peersLimited impactLimited media presenceLimited reach to other schoolsLimited support by adultsLack of supportive communityLack of access to hero changemakersLack of support and inspiration

CHANGEMAKERS

Lack of reachLack of replicationLack of community of actionLack of access into schoolsLack of media fit for educationLack of neutral support in generalLack of financeLack of hero communityLack of steady collaborative action

YL SOLUTIONS FOR

TEACHERS

Abundance of mediain up to 19 languageson the full spectrum of positive changewith minimal need for finance or timeFocus on solutions, huge solutionsHumanity's finest role models todayRich choices of activities on many levelsOne session can spark self-organization byinspired students as YL clubStrong, multifaceted global networkPersonal interaction, community, collabHigh flexibility and competenceDozens of YL Speakers on-site / onlineExtraordinary field partnersGlobal hero/ines, and way more girls !!!Monthly UN Days action and more

STUDENT CLUBS

High visibility; exhibit, game, presentationsHigh visibility; exhibits, actions, ISLE, ...Favorite causes for everyone, superb mediaWide range of alternating, exciting activitiesHigh relevance and quality for all subjectsThe "new, highly gifted", assistant teachersShared enthusiasm through Starter SessionHigher short- and long-term participationMethods and model solutions for high impactHigh media presenceDemand as speakers, offers like exhibitsHigh support in response to great actionDaily global community of actionPersonal interaction with hero/ines alwaysYear-round flow of inspiration

CHANGEMAKERS

Global reach in 19 languagesFocus on replication by young peopleFocus on huge YL club communityStrong promotion of their stories to schoolsTheir media and services fit for school useLong-term, unconditional scalingFundraisers for them, new partner optionsGlobal community of kind superhero/inesYear-round, aligned with UN Days

HOW YOUTH-LEADER HELPS CHANGE